Binding attachment for sewing-machines



' (Modem T; WES'GATE. BINDING ATTAGHMBNT FOR SEWING MACHINES; No.301,543. Patented July 8, 1884.

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THOMAS WESGATE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

BINDING ATTACHMENT FORSEWl'NG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,543, dated July 8,1884.

Application filed July 23, 1883. (Modem 1" a do, wig/om it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ESGATE, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahogaand State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Binding Attachments for SewingMachines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in binding attachments forsewing-inachines.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple device which can beattached to the bed-plate of a sewing-machine to be operated inconjunction with the needle, the presserfoot, and the feed, wherebybraid or binding may be sewed onto the edge of garments, both sides atone and the same time, one row of stitches uniting the braid to thefabric alike on both sides, without previously basting or otherwisepreparing the work; and it consists in the construction and arrangementof parts, as will be hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing mydevice in place on a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, and d is a front end viewthere of.

The letter A designates a plate having a slot, a, for adjustablysecuring it to the bedplate of a sewing-machine by means of athumbscrew, c. This plate A is provided with two forwardly-projectingarms, 2') b, the ends of which arebent upward and over to form hooks. toguide the lower edge of the braid or binding material.

Theletter C indicates a slotted plate secured to the plate A at its rearportion, and it is also provided with forward-projecting arms 0 c, theformer of which has a downwardlybent hooked end, while the latter isstraight and somewhat shorter,to prevent its interfering with theresser-foot.

The letter D represents a spring-arm attached to said plate A, theforward end of which has a downwardly-bent end, (I, corresponding tothat of arm 0, both of which serve as guides for the upper edge of thebraid or binding material. Secured to the front portion of the block E,and adjustable between the arms b b c c and d is a uide- Jiece 7 7 7 b 77 having curved lips f for the passage of the braid.

G denotes the presser-foot in connection with which my device works. Icut away the side of the foot to allow the aforesaid hooked guides toreach into said foot sufficiently far to bring the edge of the braid orbinding past the line of the needle movements, so as to enable theneedle to pass through the binding near its edge.

The operation of my device is as follows: The device being adjusted inposition, as shown in Fig. 1, the braid is inserted with its edges heldby the hooks on the upper arms, 0 and d, and lower arms, I) and Z),(seen in dotted lines in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.) The fabric to which it isto be sewed is placed with its edge between the two edges of the braidand in between the said arms. The presser-foot is then let down andcovers and presses the folded braid upon the fabric. It will here benoticed that the edge of the braid is held and carried along just farenough under the foot for the I needle to catch onto the braid and runthe line of stitches through the braid and fabric. The feed mechanism ofthe machine carries the work along smoothly, and the braid is guidedevenly, so that the operation of sewing on the braidis as easilyperformed as a common seam- What I claim is- The improved bindingattachment for sewing-machines, consisting of the plate A, provided withthe hooked arms I) b, the plate G, having arms 0 c, the former providedwith a hooked end, the spring-arm 1), having hook (I, the adjustableblock E, carrying the guide piece F, having lips ff, and the set-screwe, in combination with the notched resser-foot G, as shown anddescribed.

THOMAS \VEBIGATE. Witnesses:

E. XV. LAIRD, GEO. W. 'Irnnrrrs.

